HR consulting for small businesses

Fair systems build stronger businesses.

FairPlay HR helps small businesses replace hiring chaos and compliance guesswork with clear, documented systems, backed by real HR leadership experience. No full-time hire required.

The cost of winging it

Growing without HR systems gets expensive fast.

Most small businesses don't lack good intentions. They lack the time and expertise to document how things should work. That gap shows up as real, avoidable cost.

Hiring

Slow, inconsistent hiring

No repeatable process means bad fits, slower fills, and managers making it up as they go.

Compliance

Undocumented policy risk

Oregon and Washington employment law moves fast. Verbal policies don't hold up when something goes wrong.

Turnover

Preventable staff churn

Unclear onboarding and training costs you your best people first, the ones with other options.

How it works

Four steps, starting with a real conversation about your business.

01

Free intro call

A quick 15-minute conversation to understand what you're dealing with and whether FairPlay HR is a fit.

Free
02

Free discovery interview

We walk through your current hiring, onboarding, and policy setup. What's working, what's held together with tape. No cost, no obligation.

Free
03

Your diagnostic & recommendation

You get a plain-language summary of where you're exposed and where you're losing time, with specific, actionable fixes.

04

Choose your path

Pick from a menu of services built around what you actually need, from a one-time fix to ongoing support. Either way, you own everything we build.

Services

Ways to work together.

Every engagement starts with a free intro call, then a free discovery interview. Pricing is scoped to your business once we understand what you need.

One-time

The Toolkit

A complete HR system, built once and handed off. You own every document.

  • Employee handbook & policy compliance review (OR & WA)
  • Core SOPs: hiring, onboarding, terminations
  • Interview guides & job posting templates
  • Written diagnostic summary from your discovery call
Start with the Toolkit
Per employee

The Transition Package

Support for employees who are leaving, so they land on their feet and walk into their next step with a real plan, not just a box of their belongings.

  • 45-minute conversation with each employee
  • Full resume rewrite, built to pass ATS screening
  • One mock interview session with encouraging, honest feedback
  • Discounted rate for existing Toolkit & Fractional HR clients
Ask about the Transition Package
Custom build

The Training Deck

Your SOPs turned into interactive, web-based training, styled with your own branding instead of a PDF nobody opens.

  • Brand setup included (waived for existing clients)
  • Built from your existing SOPs, or written from scratch
  • Scales from a single topic to a full onboarding library
  • Discounted rate for existing Toolkit & Fractional HR clients
Ask about the Training Deck
Per survey round

The Engagement Package

A clear read on how your team actually feels, before small frustrations turn into resignations.

  • Custom employee engagement survey
  • Distribution support
  • Full findings report with recommendations
  • Available as a recurring quarterly check-in
Ask about the Engagement Package
Standalone

The Wellness Package

A look at whether your benefits actually support your team, and where they could work harder for you.

  • Review of health & wellness benefits, including 401(k)
  • Guidance on financial wellness offerings for employees
  • Guidance on nutrition & wellness perks that fit your budget
  • Recommendations tailored to your team size
Ask about the Wellness Package
Per role

The Compensation Package

Pay bands built for your team, benchmarked against real market data by role, so you know where you stand and what to fix.

  • Custom pay band structure by level
  • External market benchmark data for each role
  • Flags for roles paid below or above market
  • Discounted rate for existing Toolkit & Fractional HR clients
Ask about the Compensation Package
Why "FairPlay"

Fairness isn't a cost to the business. It's what protects it.

Every policy, every SOP, every hiring template we build is designed around one question: does this hold up under pressure, for you legally and operationally, and for the people who work for you? Systems that pass that test are the ones that actually get followed.

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About FairPlay HR

HR consulting, done right
  • 10+ years of HR experience
  • Master of Business Administration
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)

FairPlay HR exists because most small businesses can't justify a full-time HR hire, but they still carry all the risk of not having one.

If you already have an HR function that needs extra hands or outside expertise, FairPlay HR plugs in as additional support. If you're starting from scratch, FairPlay HR builds the foundation: the policies, hiring processes, and documentation that protect your employees and protect your business from liability.

Backed by a Master of Business Administration, SHRM-SCP certification, and over a decade of hands-on HR experience, every engagement starts the same way: a real conversation about your business.

Get started

Let's talk about what your business actually needs.

Start with a quick 15-minute intro call. If it's a fit, we'll schedule a free discovery interview to map out where your gaps actually are.

Book a free intro call